Decorated headboard for beds



1954 E. c. WALLACE EI'AL 2,637,537

DECORATED HEADBOARD FOR BEDS Filed Aug. 14, 1951 INVENTOR. far/ 6.Waflace y Bur/E. Chalmers flTTORNEY Patented Aug. 31, 1954 2,687,537DECORATED HEADBOARD FOR BEDS Earl C. Wallace, Andrews, Huntington, Ind,assig Manufacturing Compan poration of Ohio and Burl E. Chalmers,

nors to The Hettrick y, Toledo, Ohio, a cor- Application August 14,1951, Serial No. 241,817

1 Claim.

This invention relates to bedsteads, but more particularly to ornamentalstructure for bedsteads, and an object is to produce a head or footboard for a bedstead adapted to receive a decorative sheet or panelwhich, for example, may be similar to or blend in with the decorativescheme of a room to match, for example, drapes or wall papers andotherwise enhance the attractiveness and beauty of the structure, an aimbeing to enable the structure to be inexpensively manufactured, easilyassembled and having the new and improved means by which the decorativeportion can be replaced for changing the scheme or decoration or thelike.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and for purposes of illustration but not of limitation, an embodiment ofthe invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a front perspective view of a bedstead in which the head board isprovided with the decorative features;

Figure 2 is a rear end elevation of the head board shown in Figure 1;and

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view on the line33 of Figure 1.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention comprises a bed I0 havingfront legs II and a head board I2 which at its lower end embodies therear supporting legs I3. Formed in the upboard I2, particularly in thatregion above the bed covering is an opening I4 which is longitudinallyelongate. On the inner side of the opening I 4 and suitably secured byscrews to the inside edge portion thereof, is a molding I5 which isapproximately one-half the thickness of the head board and the loweredge of the molding slopes inwardly as indicated at It. A suitablefabric ll, as shown, covers the top of the head board and the front facethereof, as well as the molding, and is brought up on the inside of themolding and secured in any suitable manner. A panel IB of any suitablematerial such as fiber board, and of a size substantially to fill theopening I4, is inserted from the rear end of the head board.

Before the panel I8 is placed in the opening I4, a panel of relativelythin transparent plastic material I9 is placed in the opening I4 asshown, to abut against the rear face or ledge of the molding I5 to whichit may be secured as by tacks. On the front wall of thin padding 20 ofany suitable material such as cotton or kapok, covered with textilefabric to make a relatively thin resilient cushion. In front of thepadding 2G is a sheet 2| which may be of decorated fabric or wall papercontaining a design to blend in with the decorative scheme of the room,such for example as a fabric similar or identical with the drapes in theroom or wall paper of the room. The sheet 2! is brought over the padding2i) and around a portion of the rear face of the panel It as shown. Thuswhen the panel I8 containing the padding and the decorative sheet isforced in against the transparent plastic sheet, is should fitrelatively snugly and is held in place by a series of pivoted fasteners22 connected by screws to the head board surrounding the opening I4.

From the above description, it will be ap parent that a unique andsimple means for decorating the head board of a bedstead is providedwhich enables the decorative scheme for the room to be readily andconveniently changed as desired. The plastic panel militates against thedecorative sheet becoming soiled or dirty and the padding insures thatthe panel and associated parts will fit snugly and neatly within theopening. Manifestly, the foot board of a bedstead may be similarlyconstructed to afford the unique decorating feature.

It is to be understood that numerous changes in details of construction,arrangement, operation and choice of materials may be effected withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention especially as defined in theappended claim.

What we claim is:

In a bedstead, a head board having an opening extending from front torear therethrough in the upper portion thereof, said head board havingedges surrounding said opening, said edges being fiat and extending fromfront to rear substantially at right angles to the plane of saidheadboard, a molding of closed configuration removably secured to saidedges, said molding having a front portion disposed adjacent the frontof said head board and a rear portion extending generally at rightangles to said edges of said head board between the front and rearthereof whereby to provide a rearwardly facing ledge, a

the panel I8 is a relatively 3 sheet of transparent plastic materialfitting said opening and abutting against the rear face of said ledge, arigid panel fitting said opening and disposed in rear of said sheet, therear face of the panel being substantially flush with the rear 0References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number2,075,319 2,500,511 2,508,506

10 Number Name Date Wilkie Mar. 30, 1937 Bonnet Mar. 14, 1950 FridolphMay 23, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain 1899 GreatBritain 1906

